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Alfred Eisenstaedt1944-07
LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States
Iron lung at emergency hospital used for young adult victim of polio epidemic whose respitaory muscles have been paralyzed.
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Details
- Date: 1944-07
- Location: Hickory, NC, US
- Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
- Subject Keywords: Polio, Treatment, Iron Lung, Medicine, Vintage Print, Diseases, 1940s
- Publisher: TimeLife
- Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
- Provider: LIFE
- Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt
- Original ID: TimeLife_image_749880
- Credits: LIFE
- Copyright: © Time Inc.
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